Last week we had a Roundarch team dinner at Prosecco, an Italian restaurant on the Near North Side. Prosecco has a huge selection of wine and one of the largest selections of Italian sparkling wine in Chicago.
I’d never been to Prosecco before and the menu online looked good, so I was excited to try this place. Upstairs the dining room was really pretty and brightly lit. Our private party was taking place downstairs in the private room/wine cellar.
Claire, Mark, Stella, Tony, Ryan, Adam, Marlena, Anjum
Wa-Jiw, Garrett, Bill, Ed, Doug
Ed, Doug
Before dinner we enjoyed some Italian wines, prosecco (of course), and Italian beer.
Claire, Bill, Tony, Adam, Anjum, Marlena
For dinner we were all seated at four tables. There were menus at the table and each course had several things listed.
Primi
- Mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, carrots, red wine vinaigrette
Secondi
- Rigatoni, pancetta, italian sausage, light tomato cream sauce
- Risotto, sauteed beef tenderloin, diced tomatoes, fresh herbs, Parmigiano-Reggiano
- Orecchiette, wild mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, asparagus, black truffle cream, shaved Grana Padano, white truffle oil
Terzi
- Sauteed monk fish medallions, sauteed spinach, lobster sauce drizzle
- Scaloppine of pork, cremini mushrooms, Prosciutto di Parma, Marsala wine reduction
- Balsamic-marinated chicken breast, basil-bread crumbs, portabello mushrooms, fresh mozarella, Dolcetto d’Alba reduction, asparagus
- Grilled egplant, fresh and smoked mozarella, tomato sauce
Quarti
- Baked apple tart, caramel drizzle
- Chocolate flourless cake, crema inglese, mixed berry sauce
- Peach gelato and lemon-basil sorbet
I thought we would be choosing what we wanted from each course, but it ended up that they served everything family style.
Josh, David
Andrew, David
Wa-Jiw
Ben, Andrew
David, Ed
At my table was Josh, David, Wa-Jiw, Ben, Andrew and another David.
Stella, Charlie, Mark, Kelly, Doug, Garrett
Adam, Tony, Bill, Claire, Marlena, Anjum
Adam, Sean, Ryan, Eric, Scott, Ashanth, Teal
At one point I went and took a photo of the other tables.
Back at our table, our candles were really melting down! I guess we’d been there a while.
Josh
Josh
Josh
For some reason people at our table were discussing the things that should never be discussed at work outings: Politics and Religion.
Mark, Tony, Teal
The big bosses said a few words of thanks and appreciation.
Oh, and a few behind the scenes photos from a secret team project taken earlier in the evening:
Shhhhhhh!
Each table has two beer taps, one Bud Light and one something else. Ours was Bud Light and Stella. Some of the other tables had different kinds of Goose Island beers. The waitress gets you glasses and starts the meter and then you are free to help yourself to all the beer you want. There’s a computer with a screen that displays how many ounces of each beer that you have poured. It’s a pretty cool concept. Dangerous. We had so many people we were kind of all mingling in front of the table and the table was serving as our own private bar. I can imagine people sitting at the table and just drinking glass after glass without even the delay of wait staff going to get your drinks. Also, we wondered how many people had gotten totally bombed and put their mouths under the taps! I’m sure there’s the obvious reason for this, but just seeing how many ounces you’ve poured without a dollar amount attached is pretty useless. 72 ounces? No idea how much that bill is. 
